As relations with the West continue to deteriorate - and the
potential for crushing sanctions remains tangible - President Vladimir Putin has begun preparing to release Russia from the
crushing grip of the international banking system completely, by
moving to a nationalist model based and conducting transactions with
allies in gold.

In short, Russia has plans to abandon central banks and the dollar -
if, indeed, shit hits the fan.

Russia isn't alone
- the move away from the much-maligned, Western-centric
international banking cartels
toward a system less dependent on massive banks comprises a new
plan for BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India,
China, and South Africa) and their allies to vacate the almighty
dollar and assert independence.

For Putin, the
bulk issue pertains to the Worldwide Interbank Financial
Telecommunication, or
SWIFT, system - which allows for speedy and
secure financial transfers worldwide - and threats from the United
States and its allies to cut Russian banks from access.

In fifty years when you are
able to use your Bank of America debit card on the Moon (for a
low fee of 2,000 moon rubles), it will be because of SWIFT or a
system similar to it."

Economists have
repeatedly warned of possible perils in eliminating Russia from the
SWIFT system, but in 2014 - when the U.S. imposed sanctions against
Moscow - Putin decided not to take any chances and began working on
a system more insular and secure for the country and its allies.

Ewald Nowotny,
policymaker for the European Central Bank,
warned in
2015 cutting Russia out of SWIFT would be,

"very
problematic because it could perhaps undermine confidence in
this system," and, were that to occur, it "could of course
affect all companies that do business in Russia."

Indeed, a recent
report boasts any effort to oust Russia from SWIFT would have little
effect on the nation's financial situation,
stating,

"If the Society
for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) is
shut down in Russia, the country's banking system will not
crash, according to Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina.

Russia has a
substitute.

'There were
threats that we can be disconnected from SWIFT.

We have
finished working on our own payment system, and if something
happens, all operations in SWIFT format will work inside the
country. We have
created an alternative,' Nabiullina said at a meeting with
President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday.

"She also added
that 90 percent of ATMs in Russia are ready to accept the Mir
payment system, a domestic version of Visa and MasterCard."

Reports in January
2016
revealed some 330 Russian banks had moved to the nation's
alternative to SWIFT - SPFS, the 'system for transfer of financial
messages.'

Additionally,

"Moscow and
Beijing took another step towards de-dollarization with the
opening of a yuan clearing bank in Russia.

And earlier this
month Russia's Central Bank opened its first-ever foreign branch
in Beijing to allow for better communication between Russian and
Chinese financial authorities," Russia Insider
reports.

"The financial
regulatory authorities of China and Russia have signed a series
of major agreements, which marks a new level of financial
cooperation,"
asserted Dmitry Skobelkin, deputy head of the Russian
Central Bank.

As the
U.S. Federal
Reserve, Bank of England, and other major financial players continue
trade in non-physical currency - and, particularly, in metals
futures speculation and other riskier practices - buying large
quantities of physical gold has become a major priority for BRICS
and other nations.

Central banks have
been accused of manipulating the system in various ways to ensure
the dollar stays atop the world's financial dealings.

But resentment
mushroomed, and for many nations not privy to the West's auspices,
abandoning the dollar has become an utmost, if odious, priority.

BRICS initiatives,

"to set up a
new financial architecture at its eighth summit held in October
2016 in India have recently been under the spotlight.

In order to
avoid the International Monetary Fund (IMF) type of loan conditionalities and tackle the dominance of the United States
(US) dollar in global finance, the new institutions set up by
the BRICs are expected to provide a much needed change in the
global financial architecture.

Soros-front
NGOs have been kicked out, and it seems that only all out war
will ever settle these power plays for the dominance or death of
the U.S. petrodollar, which is ultimately controlled by the same
few hands that steer and control the central banks of nearly all
the world's nations.

Only by stealth
and monotony have these activities remained in the shadows."

Now, it seems the
list of nations remaining obstinately if understandably disconnected
from the current, insidious Western central banking system - and its
darling petrodollar - appears curiously to mirror of the list of
countries currently embroiled in military conflict or searing
tensions with the United States.

While Russia and
the other BRICS nations prep for theoretical expulsion from SWIFT, a
major transformation of the seats of power appears to be taking form
- but, as to be expected, any shift away from the status quo does
not go unobserved.

Slavo
cautions,

"even with this
massive and explosive changes in the works, those who control
the finances are well aware of the shifts that are taking place,
and are in position to reassert their leverage over humanity
through new systems, and new centers of power."

"Curiously, it
cannot be denied that Russia has been a player in the
international framework that has been erected. They have been
equal partners in covert research and experimentation, and for
all the animosity with the U.S., it has also played a willing
dance partner for much of what has been going on during the past
century."

When it comes to
the world of international finance, however, prior diplomatic
coordination is of little import.

Putin knows as well
as any world leader such a massive shifting of power will not happen
overnight - even if the U.S. and the West boot Russia from SWIFT.

To put it more
bluntly, a war to reset the global financial order is about to be
unleashed.

Preparations inside
Russia are being made in case the ultimate banking sanctions are
placed on them, cutting off commerce inside the all-encompassing
Worldwide Interbank Financial TelecommSWIFT system - which runs
credit, debt, and banking card transactions across a real time
global network.

As it would be
doled out by the banking elites, the price for misbehavior at the
Kremlin could be ostracization from this global commerce vehicle.

But that isn't the
end of the story… Vladimir Putin is readying his people to divorce from the
international banking system altogether, and start over with a
nationalistic platform, backed by thousands of tons of gold, and
growing alliances with,

We have finished working on
our own payment system, and if something happens, all
operations in SWIFT format will work inside the country.

We
have created an alternative," Nabiullina said at a meeting
with President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday.

She also added
that 90 percent of ATMs in
Russia are ready to accept the Mir payment system, a
domestic version of Visa and MasterCard.

Izvestia
daily reported that as of January 2016, 330 Russian banks had
been connected to the SWIFT alternative, the system for transfer
of financial messages (SPFS).

[…]

The central
bank's website says the system was
established,

"as an alternative channel
for interbank cooperation with the aim of ensuring the
guaranteed and uninterrupted provision of services
for the transmission of electronic messages on financial
transactions."

Will there be
economic wars, or outright World War III...?

Nobody knows for
sure, but things could get very tense very quickly. Already, loose
allegations are flying at an unprecedented rate. Somebody wants to
egg this thing on.

Russia under Putin
has seen a significant challenge to a world order that has, for some
time, been ultimately controlled by the central banking elite.

Soros-front NGOs
have been kicked out, and it seems that only all out war will ever
settle these power plays for the dominance or death of the U.S.
petrodollar, which is ultimately controlled by the same few hands
that
steer and control the central banks
of nearly all the world's nations.

Only by stealth and
monotony have these activities remained in the shadows.

Indeed, the only
countries left on the map which have not yielded to yoke of the
central bank are the countries that are most at threat of being
drawn into war:

Syria

Iran

North Korea

Cuba

With that list so
close to complete, a reversal could be a real blow to global order,
and to maintaining orderly deposits.

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If Russia moves to
drop their central bank, or if they are locked out of the global
SWIFT system, it will mean a thudding silence, an unprecedented
reversal in the concentration of power.

Russia has prepared
to create its own SWIFT-style system as a back up system, that while
it is not yet up and running, could one day rival the primary
system, and which could provide a meaningful alternative for
dissenters and tax evaders alike.

But be aware that
behind the scenes, even with this massive and explosive changes in
the works, those who control the finances are well aware of the
shifts that are taking place, and are in position to reassert their
leverage over humanity through new systems, and new centers of
power.

Curiously, it
cannot be denied that Russia has been a player in the international
framework that has been erected.

They have been
equal partners in covert research and experimentation, and for all
the animosity with the U.S., it has also played a willing dance
partner for much of what has been going on during the past century.

Vladimir Putin has
delicately and masterfully navigated these boundaries, yet he too is
woven into the larger fabric. Like George H.W. Bush and the CIA,
Putin is a product of the KGB, and remains permanently tied to it.